Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Berlin I found to be the worst city in Europe. Somehow, it was worse than Paris, which had always seemed the apex of wickedness. But the French manage to make vice artistic, while with the Germans it is gross. London-well, London is ponderous and heavy, but it is on the way to ruin. It is avoirdupois, not virtue, that holds London back...
...increase of the gross quota from 3% to 4% is compensated for by the fact that under the census of 1890 the figure on which each quota will be based is less than the same figure under the 1910 census...
Dorothy Russell, daughter of the late Lillian Russell, actress: "In Pittsburgh I filed charges against my stepfather, Alexander P. Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Spain. I accused him of gross mismanagement of my mother's estate, which now brings me only $50 a week. The proceeds of the sale of her belongings (including precious jewels and photographs autographed by princes and kings) amounted to only $40,000. My attorney said that this was inconceivably small...
After adding to the gross profits of the Harvard store, $147,360, those of the Technology Branch and all other income of the Society, the total income from all sources amounted...
Quaterbacks; W. P. Ellison. S. W. Elton, C. R. Trazier, C. Gross, N. Hamlen, N. S. Hesse, R. S. Scott, M. Smith...